Reports

This note reports on the approach adopted to ethical review and informed consent for the various stages of the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS) - a continuing, multidisciplinary longitudinal study which takes as its subjects all the people born in one week in England, Scotland and Wales in one week in 1958.

This 2nd edition of the User's Guide to Initial Findings from the fourth sweep of the UK Millennium Cohort Study includes revisions made to the sections of Chapter 9 on overweight and obesity in which an error was discovered in the first edition (Oct 2010).

Description: This report examines the factors associated with the cognitive and behavioural ability of children in the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS). It was prepared for the Welsh Assembly Government, to inform their interest in the sources of inequality in child outcomes in the context of policy for a Fair and Just Society. It is based on analyses of child outcomes in the UK as a whole and Wales in particular at age 5.

Description: CLS launched this report to mark 50 years of the National Child Development Study. It chronicles the diverse experiences of Britons born in 1958 and considers their future prospects as they enter their sixth decade. It provides a summary of 50 years of social change in Britain and explains how the study’s many findings have helped to shape decision-making in policy areas such as education, employment, housing and health.

Description: CLS launched this report to mark 50 years of the National Child Development Study. It chronicles the diverse experiences of Britons born in 1958 and considers their future prospects as they enter their sixth decade. It provides a summary of 50 years of social change in Britain and explains how the study’s many findings have helped to shape decision-making in policy areas such as education, employment, housing and health.

Description: There is evidence that, like poverty and low income, ethnic minority grouping is a significant risk factor for poor health outcomes for mothers and babies, as reflected in infant deaths and maternal mortality, lower birth-weight and infant and maternal morbidity. This report was produced by researchers at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford.